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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILHELM PICKHARDT, on NEW YORK, AND HERMANN ENDEMANN, 0F BROOKLYN, N. Y.

TARTRATE 0F OXYCHINOL IN E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,828, dated May 9,1882.

Application filed March 21, 1882. (Specimens) 7 To all u'hom 'tt mayconcern:

Beit known that we, WILHELM PICKHARDT, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, and HERMANNENDEMANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in thecounty of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Medical Compounds, of which the following is aspecification.

Thisinvention relates to a medical com pound prepared by the action oftartaric acid on the oxychinoline described in Letters Patent No.237,918, granted to Z. H. Skraup, February 15, 1881.

In carrying outourinvention wetakeone hundred and forty-five parts, byweigh t, ot'Skraups oxychinoline, prepared from paranitrophenol, asdescribed in the Patent N 0. 237,918, above named, and stir the sameinto a boiling solution of one hundred and fifty parts of tartaric acidin four hundred and fifty parts of water. When the oxychinoline has beencompletely dissolvedthe solution is set aside for crystallization, whichtakes place 011 cooling. 1f the crystals should be colored, they can bedecolorized by recrystallization and treatment with animal-charcoal.

solutions it crystallizes in concentrically grouped needles.

The principal advantage of our compound is that the same dissolvesfreely in hot water, and it can therefore be administered insolution,while the oxychinoline itself is almost insoluble in water, andin its pure state can be administered only in the form of a powder.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- I Thetartrate of oxychinoline prepared by the action of tartaric acid uponthe oxychinoline of Skraup, substantially in the manner above set forth.

In testimony whereof we-have hereunto set our hands and seals in thepresence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

WM. PIOKHARDT. L. s.] H. ENDEMANN. L. s.]

Wi tuesses W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

